1.HerbertMcGrayHanscom, born December 03, 1885 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA1; died December 07, 1961 in Norwich, New London, CT2. He was the son of 2. WilliamPersonHanscom and 3. AliceFlorenceMayo. He married (1) RosamondMontagueBrown Abt. 1907. She was born December 24, 1888 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, and died May 06, 1966 in Preston, New London, CT3,4. She was the daughter of Lewis Francis Brown and Ella Montague Mokler.
Notes for Herbert McGray Hanscom:
File # 22907 - Hanscom, Herbert M., age 76, spouse Rosa.., residence
East Lyme, New London, CT
Herbert M Hanscom, clerk appeared in the 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907
Cambridge City Directories, living at 65 Norfolk St.
Herbert M Hanscom was a clerk at 52 Elm, Boston, and boarding in
Cambridge in 1906 (1906 Boston City Directory).
Herbert and Rose lived at 528 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA in 1908 (Birth
Record).
The 1912 Quincy City Directory listed Herbert M Hanscom as "removed
from city." Herbert M Hanscom, designer, and Ella M Brown, widow of
Lewis F, were both living at 14 Beach St, Quincy in 1915.
The family lived in Flushing, Queens, NY in the 1920s. He was an
ornamental draftsman in bronze and steel. Some of his designs were
elevator doors and the lamps on 5th street in New York City. Painting
was his hobby. Later he worked at Electric Boat (nuclear subs) in
Groton, CT.
Herbert M, Rosmond M, Edwin L, and Daniel Hanscom were living on Way
Hill Road in Waterford, CT in 1937.
Herbert M. Hanscom, draftsman at the BPP Corp, and his wife Rosmond M
were living off Fog Plain Road in Waterford, CT in 1943 (1942-43 New
London, CT City Directory).
Notes for Rosamond Montague Brown:
(birth month & year per 1880 OH Census) (full birth date per Form SS5
Application for Social Security # 131-12-8252)
File # 10416 - Hanscom, Rosam.. B., age 77, widowed, spouse Herb..,
residence East Lyme, New London, CT
She was a terrible driver and a bad cook. Peter called her "Wowo."
According to her application for a social security number in 1938, she
living at 299 Park Avenue and working at the Park Lane Hotel.
